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Welcome to the “New” website of the Rowan Amateur Radio Society. Our club is located in Salisbury NC, the county seat and largest city within Rowan County. We are centrally located between the mountains and the coast of North Carolina in an area known as the Piedmont. The Rowan Amateur Radio Society was founded in 1937, and we have been an ARRL affiliated club since 1968! Meeting’s are held on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 PM. Guests and new members are always welcome.

Greetings All, If you’ve tried to use the club 145.410 repeater you’ve probably noticed it’s offline. We’ve been running for the past few weeks on the older backup equipment while the main hardware is being repaired.

Now the backup has also failed and needs repairs. So while the system is being repaired we are conducting the weekly ARES nets in SIMPLEX Mode on the repeater output frequency of 145.410. Hopefully you’ll stop by Wednesdays at 2030 hrs and check-in. This is a great opportunity to test our Simplex resources. Jim W4YF

We would like to thank everyone attending this years Field Day event, but the fun isn’t over just yet! We are just one week away from the annual “Firecracker Hamfest“!

Vendor/Exhibitor setup starts next Friday from 1pm-6pm. The event itself runs from 8am-2pm Saturday July 7, 2018 and may best be described as a flea market of electronics, computers, and gadgets of all sorts, probably something for everyone so bring the whole family. More information

Just a reminder that the annual ARRL Field Day event is right around the corner! This event offers a great opportunity for the public to see emergency communications in action first hand running on emergency power….rain or shine. For more information on what the Rowan Amateur Radio Society has planned for this event check out our Rowan ARS Field Day page. We’d also invite you to visit the ARRL Field Day webpage.